Mathai
Meaning
“Kerala form of Matthew (Hebrew Mattityahu, gift of Yahweh) via Syriac Mattai; among US Malayali families it now most often honors a grandfather as a middle name, while the sons themselves get Mathew with one t, the giveaway Kerala spelling”
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Mathai has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
The Mathai deep dive
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